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Page 117
... Indians and wolves had to be subdued . Buffalo presented a third problem ; not being domesticated ani- mals , they could not be walked to market , and they had little long - term commercial value . No one except the Indians preferred ...
... Indians and wolves had to be subdued . Buffalo presented a third problem ; not being domesticated ani- mals , they could not be walked to market , and they had little long - term commercial value . No one except the Indians preferred ...
Page 157
... Indians to harvest huge numbers at a time . They also caught copious quantities of locusts by beating the ground and driving hordes of these insects in a contracting circle onto beds of hot coals . To capture pandora moth caterpillars ...
... Indians to harvest huge numbers at a time . They also caught copious quantities of locusts by beating the ground and driving hordes of these insects in a contracting circle onto beds of hot coals . To capture pandora moth caterpillars ...
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... Indian Cooking . New York : Alfred Knopf . Johnson , J. D. et al . 1978. " Lactose Malabsorption among Adult Indians of the Great Basin and American Southwest . " American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 31 : 381-87 . Kahn , M. U. , E ...
... Indian Cooking . New York : Alfred Knopf . Johnson , J. D. et al . 1978. " Lactose Malabsorption among Adult Indians of the Great Basin and American Southwest . " American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 31 : 381-87 . Kahn , M. U. , E ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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